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PHOENIX — A flight that took off from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport headed to Columbus was forced to return to the airport shortly after take-off due to a mechanical issue, according to officials. A representative with Southwest Airlines confirmed to 12News that Flight #5850 experienced a mechanical issue right after leaving the Phoenix airport. The nature of the mechanical issue was not specified. The aircraft landed "without incident" upon return to the airport, the representative said. The aircraft will undergo a maintenance review. "We’ll accommodate Customers onboard on a separate aircraft, scheduled to arrive in Columbus approximately two and a...

South American “crime tourists” who exploit the US visa system to enter the country and commit burglaries have now infiltrated at least half the states in America and taken “millions of untraceable” goods, The Post has learned. The organized groups of burglars and jewel thieves, particularly from Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, have been targeting wealthy homes across the US for decades, but their crimes have spread — and recently soared in some cities, authorities say. “They travel to cities across the nation – including in Maricopa County – and steal millions in untraceable items,” said Maricopa County Attorney Rachel...

<p>PHOENIX (AP) — A businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring with the leader of an offshoot polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border to transport underage girls across state lines, making him the first man to be convicted in what authorities say was a scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children.</p>

A special agent with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is dead after being accidentally shot by another IRS agent during a training exercise Thursday at a federal gun range in Phoenix, officials confirmed. A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirms that an incident occurred Thursday at their gun range, which multiple federal agencies were utilizing at the time through an interagency agreement. The spokesperson said no Federal Bureau of Prisons employees were injured in the incident. Charlotte M. Dennis with the Phoenix Field Office of the IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) division replied to Arizona’s Family on Thursday afternoon,...

A special agent for the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) was indicted in Tucson, Arizona, Wednesday by a federal grand jury on one count of Involuntary Manslaughter of an Officer of the United States. Larry Edward Brown, Jr., 42, of Peoria, is the agent who was charged, according to a press release from the U.S. States Attorney's Office, District of Arizona. It is based on an incident that allegedly occurred on August 17, 2023, at a firearm range at the Federal Correctional Institution – Phoenix that is used for standard pistol qualifications and classroom training. Brown, a special agent...

A day after Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced that a suspect in two Arizona stabbing investigations won’t be extradited in a New York murder case, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg held his own news conference to call out the decision as “political grandstanding.” …… Raad Almansoori, 26, is accused of stabbing two women in separate incidents in Phoenix and Surprise last weekend. On Saturday, police say he stabbed a woman during an attempted carjacking near 19th and Glendale avenues. Then, on Sunday, he allegedly followed an employee into the bathroom of a McDonald’s in Surprise and stabbed her multiple...

Manuel Gomez, 25, Johan Alacon, 21, and Sue Ellen Gutierrez Saez, 20, were arrested at around 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 near 44th Street and Camelback Road. Four people inside the van ran into a nearby neighborhood, but three of them were caught. The fourth suspect was not found. Investigators say the suspects are in the country illegally on expired visas. Police believe the suspects are connected to a South American Theft Group that has allegedly burglarized homes in several Valley cities dating back to last December. "Detectives believe there are still several SATGs members outstanding," Sgt. Phil Krynsky said....

In a recent episode of The Thought Criminals, hosts Rachel Alexander and Ralph Benko shed light on a controversial case that has sent shockwaves through the legal community. The episode delves into the suspension of the law license of Maricopa County prosecutor April Sponsel, who faced disciplinary action for her prosecution of Antifa activists on gang charges. The incident, as discussed by Alexander and Benko, highlights the challenges conservative attorneys face in the current legal landscape. Rachel also wrote an extensive article in The Arizona Sun Times about this case, which you can read here. The episode centers around Sponsel’s...

A disgruntled passenger was removed for farting excessively on an American Airlines flight from Phoenix to Austin last week, it has been claimed. The early evening flight from the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona to the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas was forced to return to its gate and delayed by 15 to 30 minutes, according to a passenger who was on the flight said. The Texas-based traveler wrote on Reddit: 'I was on a direct American flight from Phoenix to Austin and I was seated near the row where this situation occurred.' The Reddit poster described the...

While Phoenix's pantless light-rail run dates back to 2009, the 2019 ride was canceled and the event took a three year hiatus thanks to the pandemic in 2020. Now four years later, it's making a comeback, but things are a little different. [CONTENT WARNING: THIS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR KIDS BUT BECAUSE KIDS WERE ACTUALLY PRESENT WITH MEN'S FETISH GEAR IN THEIR FACES WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT AS A SOCIETY.]

O’Keefe Media Group on Wednesday released part of its ‘Secret Migrant Center’ at 1211 East Apache in Phoenix, Arizona. “Video shows facility run by International Rescue Committee RESCUE.org busing thousands of illegal migrant “refugees” every hour on the hour to Phoenix Sky Harbor airport,” James O’Keefe said. “Migrants tell us they crossed the border illegally, as IRC given $415 million from Feds to give the pretense of refugee status and fly them on flights out of Terminal 3 and 4,” O’Keefe said. “Tomas Robles an IRC staffer, called us “domestic terrorists” and reported us to the police for asking questions.”...

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was suspended indefinitely by the NBA on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he hit Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the face and received a Flagrant 2 foul and ejection. The league announced the penalty handed down by operations chief Joe Dumars and said the suspension begins immediately. It’s already Green’s second suspension this season.

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- Court records revealed that a fourth suspect has been arrested in connection to the brutal murder of a Phoenix man last month. According to arresting documents, 21-year-old Christopher Ibarra was arrested on Monday in connection to the death of 30-year-old Bernardo Pantaleon. Ibarra was arrested on Tuesday, but no details surrounding his arrest were immediately released. On Nov. 26, Pantaleon’s body was found with “significant trauma” on a trail near Mountain View Park, near 7th and Peoria avenues. Court paperwork revealed that he had been shot multiple times and that his body was mutilated. Injuries extended...

The city of Phoenix has cleared out its largest homeless encampment and displaced thousands of people after a court ruling declared the camp a 'public nuisance'. City officials successfully finished their clean-up of 'The Zone,' a 15-block homeless encampment near downtown, at the cost of $20 million and moved nearly 2,000 people out of the area. The sweep comes after a judge imposed a November 4 deadline to remove tents, trash and makeshift structures and told the city to find alternative housing for people experiencing homelessness. Some of the people who were displaced had lived in the area for years...

Several Arizona legislators hoped changing the blend of gasoline sold in the Valley would lower prices. They left a hearing at the State Capitol on Monday with little expert opinion to support the idea. Phoenix drivers and businesses have paid well above the national average for gasoline this year, with prices spiking in two waves over the summer, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In March, gas prices in Arizona were the fifth-highest in the nation. But the average price for unleaded regular gas peaked at $4.94 in May before dropping and leveling out at $4.76...

CNN — US heavy metal legends Metallica have been forced to postpone their September 3 concert in Phoenix after announcing that frontman James Hetfield has tested positive for Covid-19. “We’re very sorry to report that tomorrow’s scheduled M72 date at State Farm Stadium has been postponed to Saturday, September 9, 2023, as, unfortunately, Covid has caught up with James,” the band said in a statement shared on its official account on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. “We’re extremely disappointed and regret any inconvenience this has caused you. We look forward to returning to complete the M72 No Repeat...

The Phoenix TSMC plant – the centerpiece of Biden’s $52.7bn US hi-tech manufacturing agenda – is struggling to get online. TSMC has pushed back plans to start manufacturing to 2025, blaming a lack of skilled labor. It is trying to fast-track visas for 500 Taiwanese workers. Construction of the plant has been hampered by accidents and misunderstandings. A former supervisor at the site blamed delays on disorganization from management and a lack of knowledge by bosses from Taiwan on adhering to safety codes and regulations in the US. When they started working at the site, all workers went through a...

A pair of Prescott area lawmakers have put Attorney General Kris Mayes on the clock to figure out if City of Phoenix officials broke state laws by sending up to 600 seized firearms to police forces in Ukraine. State Reps. Quang Nguyen, R-Prescott Valley, and Selina Bliss, R-Prescott, on Monday requested a "Senate Bill 1487" investigation, named after the process's initial bill filing, from Mayes as to whether the city's decision to ship 500-600 seized firearms to the Ukrainian Arsenal of Liberty is legal. The city approved the plan in June. Per Arizona law, Mayes has 30 days to issue...

Fourteen major American cities are part of a globalist climate organization known as the “C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group,” which has an “ambitious target” by the year 2030 of “0 kg [of] meat consumption,” “0 kg [of] dairy consumption,” “3 new clothing items per person per year,” “0 private vehicles” owned, and “1 short-haul return flight (less than 1500 km) every 3 years per person.” C40’s dystopian goals can be found in its “The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5°C World” report, which was published in 2019 and reportedly reemphasized in 2023. The organization is headed and largely funded...

A record string of daily highs over 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) in Phoenix ended Monday as the dangerous heat wave that suffocated the Southwest throughout July receded slightly with cooling monsoon rains. The historic heat began blasting the region in June, stretching from Texas across New Mexico and Arizona and into California’s desert. Phoenix and its suburbs sweltered more and longer than most, with several records including the 31 consecutive days of 110 degrees Fahrenheit-plus (43.4 degrees Celsius) weather. The previous record was 18 straight days, set in 1974. The streak was finally broken Monday, when the high...